WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of a bill to provide funding for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017:

The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of June 20th to grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 5485, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017.

I am committed to a structured process that allows for ample debate, while ensuring we can deliver to the American People the legislative solutions they deserve.

The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of July 4th to grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 4361, the Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2016.

The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of June 20th to grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 4768, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s adoption of two resolutions; H. Con. Res. 89, expressing a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses, and is not in the best interest of the United States and H. Con. Res.